Chicago panchang, 16 February 2025
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 21:48 Magha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:24- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 14:44 – 16:04
- Durmuhurta 15:59 – 16:41
- Rahu Kalam 16:04 – 17:24
- 14:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:01 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:24 to 06:44 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:32 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 14:46
- Nakshatra Hasta until 17:01 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shula until 21:24
- Karana Balava until 14:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 14:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 14:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:01 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 21:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:32 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:59 – 16:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:04 – 17:24
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:24 – 23:48
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 14:46 – 17:01
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 07:28 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:19 – 06:44 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:58 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:04
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:45 – 14:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:45 – 17:01
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:45 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:05 – 09:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:25 – 10:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:45 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:24 – 14:44 | Good |
| Rog | 14:44 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:04 – 17:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:24 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:04 – 20:44 | Good |
| Char | 20:44 – 22:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:24 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:44 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:04 – 06:44 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 12:58 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:09 Sagittarius
- 05:09 – 06:39 Capricorn
- 06:39 – 07:50 Aquarius
- 07:50 – 08:58 Pisces
- 08:58 – 10:19 Aries
- 10:19 – 12:06 Taurus
- 12:06 – 14:25 Gemini
- 14:25 – 16:58 Cancer
- 16:58 – 19:31 Leo
- 19:31 – 22:04 Virgo
- 22:04 – 00:39 next day Libra
- 00:39 – 03:05 next day Scorpio
- 03:05 – 05:05 next day Sagittarius
- 05:05 – 06:35 next day Capricorn
- 06:35 – 06:44 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in CST (UTC-6) · Method